The garden next to Wall Space Gallery contains Downy Yellow Violets, sedges, Culver’s Root, Wild Strawberries, Mountain Mint, and Thimbleweed. The shrubs in the middle are Ninebark.
The gardens along Bank Street in Old Ottawa South started as a traffic-calming measure. The three rain gardens on Sunnyside were a pilot project installed and monitored by the city. Almost 10 years later, they are all maintained by Green Dreamers, a volunteer group of local residents who love making their neighbourhood look beautiful.
The GDs have an Adopt-a-Road agreement with the city’s Public Works and Environmental Services Department for the street gardens and a maintenance agreement with its Stormwater Management group for the rain gardens.
They also take care of the gardens at the Sunnyside branch of the public library and at the community centre. They have no formal agreements for those, but maintain close communication with the managers of the facilities and obey the general rules for roadside planting.
For more, see Street and rain gardens in Old Ottawa South
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